SCUTIGERA COLEOPTRATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scutigera coleoptrata mean? 

• SCUTIGERA COLEOPTRATA (noun)
  The noun SCUTIGERA COLEOPTRATA has 1 sense:

1. long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars

  Familiarity information: SCUTIGERA COLEOPTRATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCUTIGERA COLEOPTRATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Long-legged centipede common in damp places as e.g. cellars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

house centipede; Scutigera coleoptrata

Hypernyms ("Scutigera coleoptrata" is a kind of...):

centipede (chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors)

Holonyms ("Scutigera coleoptrata" is a member of...):

genus Scutigera; Scutigera (a genus of Scutigeridae)